Graco 4Ever User manual

FAILURE TO PROPERLY
USE THIS
CHILD RESTRAINT
INCREASES THE
RISK OF SERIOUS
INJURY OR DEATH IN
A SUDDEN STOP OR
CRASH.
Do not install or use this
child restraint until you
read and understand
the instructions in this
manual.
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PD276106E 4/14

1-A Safe Use Checklist
1-B Before You Begin
Register This Car Seat
If You Need Help
Certification
Car Seat’s Useful Life
Vehicle Seat Protection
Warm Weather Use
1-C Safety Warnings
1-D Right Mode of Use
2-A Car Seat Features
3-A Rear-Facing Checklist
3-B Prepare to Install LATCH Rear-Facing
Important Pages 6-16
Features Pages 17-23
Rear-Facing Use Pages 24-38
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Rear-Facing Continued
3-C Installing With LATCH Straps
3-D Installing With Vehicle Seat Belt
4-A Forward-Facing Checklist
4-B Prepare to Install LATCH Forward-Facing
4-C Installing Using the LATCH Strap
4-D Installing Using the Vehicle Seat Belts
Forward-Facing Use Pages 39-53
5-A Booster Seat Checklist
5-B Prepare for Backed Booster Use
5-C Install Backed Booster
5-D Prepare Backless Booster Use
5-E Install Backless Booster
Belt-Positioning Booster Use Pages 54-68
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6-A Securing Child 5-Point Harness
6-B Securing Child Backed Booster
6-C Securing Child Backless Booster
6-D Securing With Belt-Positioning Clip
Securing Child Pages 69-81
7-A Cleaning Seat Pad
7-B Cleaning Crotch Buckle
7-C Cleaning Harness and LATCH Straps
7-D Accessories
Care & Cleaning Pages 82-86
8-A Choosing Vehicle Seat Location
8-B Unsafe Vehicle Seat Locations
8-C What is LATCH?
Additional Information Pages 87-99
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Additional Information Continued
8-D Choosing LATCH or Seat Belts
8-E How to Remove LATCH and Tether
8-F Vehicle Seat Belts
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1-A Welcome to the Graco Family!
Your child’s safety depends on you. No car seat can guarantee protection from injury in
every situation, but proper use helps reduce the risk of serious injury or death.
Even if this car seat seems easy to figure out on your own, you must follow the detailed
instructions in this instruction manual to ensure the steps below are performed correctly.
SAFE USE CHECKLIST For More Information…
Choose the correct mode of use for your
child, depending on their weight.
• Rear-Facing: 4-40 lbs. (1.8-18 kg)
• Forward-Facing: 20-65 (9-30 kg)
49 in. (125 cm) or less
• Booster Use: With back: 30-100 lbs.
(14-45 kg) 38-57 in. (96-145 cm)
Without back: 40-120 lbs. (18.1-54 kg)
40-57 in. (101-145 cm)
• Children less than 20 lbs (9 kg) MUST
use this car seat rear-facing.
Review section 1-D.
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Important
SAFE USE CHECKLIST For More Information…
Choose a suitable location for this car seat
in your vehicle.
• Never place a child rear-facing in a
seating position with an active frontal
airbag.
• You MUST use a lap and shoulder
vehicle seat belt when using as a
booster seat.
Review section 8-A.
Install this car seat tightly in your vehicle.
• Car seat should not move at the belt path
more
than 1 in. (2.5 cm) from side to
side, front to back when installed rear
facing or forward-facing.
• Use the top tether strap when using
forward-facing.
Review sections:
Rear-Facing 3-C or 3-D.
Forward-Facing 4-C or 4-D.
Booster 5-C or 5-D
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SAFE USE CHECKLIST For More Information…
Secure your child tightly in this car seat .
• Rear-Facing: Harness strap height
MUST be at or just below top of child’s
shoulders. Top of head must be 1 in.
below the headrest adjustment lever.
• Forward-Facing: Harness strap height
MUST be at or just above top of child’s
shoulders. Top of child’s ears below top
of headrest.
• Harness strap snug enough you cannot
pinch the strap.
• Chest clip at armpit level.
• Booster Use: shoulder belt should lie
between child’s neck and edge of
shoulder and the lap belt should lay low
on the child’s hips.
Review section 6.

Important
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1-B Before You Begin
Please fill out the prepaid registration postcard attached to the harness
and mail it in today or register online at www.gracobaby.com/
carseatregistration.
Child restraints could be recalled for safety reasons. You must register
this restraint to be reached in a recall. Send your name, address, and the
restraint’s model number and manufacturing date to:
Graco Children’s Products, Inc.
Attn: Customer Service
3 Glenlake Parkway Atlanta, GA 30328
or call 1-800-345-4109
or register online at
www.gracobaby.com/carseatregistration
For recall information, call the U.S. Government’s Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-
327-4236 (TTY: 1–800–424–9153), or go to http://www.NHTSA.gov.
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Register This Child Restraint

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Model Name_________________________
Model Number_______________________
Date of Manufacture __________________
Date of Purchase _____________________
For future reference or if you change addresses, record the model name,
model number, date of manufacture and purchase date of this car seat on the
below. You can find this information either on the registration card if you still
have it or on the date label located on the back of the car seat.
In the U.S.A, please contact our Customer Service Department with any
questions you may have concerning parts, use, or maintenance. When you
contact us, please have your product’s model number and date of manufac-
ture ready so that we may help you efficiently. These numbers can be found
on a sticker on the back side of your car seat.
For additional resources or to get your car seat checked by a child passenger
safety technician, please visit the following web sites:
www.nhtsa.gov • www.seatcheck.org • www.safekids.org • www.cpsc.gov
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